Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 154 Resurrection (Part )

"Boom."

After the spherical body rolled past, a heavy stone door fell down with a bang.

"Your Majesty, it's safe."

Liu Xi said this, and stopped rolling, his body shrunken.

In fact, he was seriously injured, his face was pale, and he was dying.

The mucus flowing out of his wound was stained with blood.

The next moment, his wound broke open, more mucus spurted out, and a person rolled out. It was Yin Kuo.

"Your Majesty, I can only protect you to this point..."

Liu Xi spoke in a weak voice.

Yin Kuo didn't listen any more. He stood up from his crouching position and stared at the heavy stone door with a look of surprise.

Gu Jingnian was right under the stone gate, and almost his entire body rushed forward, except for his left foot which was hit by a stone. It was probably smashed into mud.

But the stone gate also blocked the flames, leaving only a pair of small wings fluttering behind Gu Jingnian, helping him turn around, and he was holding a dagger to cut his feet.

Liu Xi turned around and saw this scene. He was also shocked and shouted, "Your Majesty, hurry up!"

Yin Kuo has already left.

He had just been resurrected and was still very weak. Without anyone to support or protect him, he walked into the darkness alone.

On the Shimen side, only the flaming wings on Gu Jingnian's back were still lit, illuminating the dying Liu Xi.

Liu Xi's disemboweled body became smaller and smaller. He crawled a few steps with difficulty and held onto Gu Jingnian's other leg tightly with his hands.

"Don't even think about catching up with His Majesty."

Gu Jingnian was sweating in pain, but he continued cutting his feet.

He caught a glimpse of Liu Xi's miserable condition and couldn't help but ask a question.

"Why do you have to do this for him?"

Liu Xi was too weak to move and said, "I live to protect Your Majesty."

Gu Jingnian did not appreciate his loyalty, but only pitied his stupidity, and asked, "Are you also an alien?"

"Refine people."

"What did you make it with?"

After asking this question, Gu Jingnian quickly guessed the answer and said, "Gui clam?"

“You actually know about Tie Clam.” Liu Xi murmured, “Tie Clams are not long-lived, nor are they strong in combat. There are very few people who can refine Tie Clams, and only a lowly life like mine would be refined for fun.”

"Just practicing for fun?" Gu Jingnian asked, "Who practiced it?"

He finally cut off his foot and pulled it out from under the stone gate.

But the intense pain of self-healing made him want to roll on the ground, but he endured it and wanted to hear Liu Xi's answer.

Liu Xi didn't want to talk to Gu Jingnian any more, but in order to involve him and buy time for His Majesty, he still spoke.

"Master Xuandao."

"Have you met him?"

"We saw each other vaguely before he passed out." Liu Xi said, "He ordered his men to drain our blood and transfuse the clam's blood at the same time."

"and after?"

"He left before he could refine it. His Majesty did not allow him to refine it in Yong State."

Liu Xi's voice became weaker and weaker, but it still contained respect for Yin Kuo.

More than forty years have passed, and he can't forget the heroic ruler who shouted, "I would rather perish together with my enemies than tolerate any sorcery."

"It was His Majesty who personally saved us. Unfortunately, among so many people, I was the only one who survived..."

As he spoke, Liu Xi died.

In a tragic way, he protected his heroic master by using alchemy to prolong his life.

Gu Jingnian broke free from Liu Xi's hand, waved his flaming wings, and chased after him.

The firelight dispelled the darkness and illuminated the old man who was staggering alone in front, making his shadow very long.

Yin Kuo looked at his own figure, stopped helplessly and turned around.

Gu Jingnian was just on guard against Yin Kuo's attack, but then he heard him speak.

"I don't have any special powers, so you don't have to rush to do anything. Let me talk to you for a few words."

Gu Jingnian did not let his guard down.

Yin Kuo asked, "You don't believe what I said?"

"Yin Yucheng's ability is very strong."

"Not every Yin can control the wind. The third brother can't, but Yin Jinggeng is very strong." Yin Kuo sighed, "Sometimes talents are passed down from generation to generation."

"is it?"

"I inherited the throne as a mortal, reformed the old ways and established new things, making the Yong Kingdom so prosperous and powerful." Yin Kuo said every word with a tone full of pride.

After chasing him for so long, Gu Jingnian finally felt the aura of this former emperor.

However, as soon as Yin Kuo raised his head, a few strands of hair fell off his head.

The drying mucus on his face made his heroic aura seem pathetic and ridiculous.

Yin Kuo himself did not realize this, and a gleam of wisdom shone in his eyes. He said, "I know that you came to Yong State to find the descendants of the Phoenix."

"Do you know where she is?"

"That's right." Yin Kuo asked back, "Do you know why Gu Beiming surrendered to me?" "Why?"

"To become you."

Yin Kuo said something shocking, raised his hand and pointed at Gu Jingnian, saying: "He hopes to be like you and cultivate the supernatural power of the phoenix."

Gu Jingnian said: "When I spread my wings in Ruijing, he had already defected."

"He doesn't need to wait until you spread your wings to realize the preciousness of the phoenix." Yin Kuo said, "I have already communicated with him and even the refiners of Rui Country."

His tone was gentle in these last words.

It can be heard that when these people were exchanging ideas about alchemy, the atmosphere was very friendly and not hostile.

Gu Jingnian couldn't help but sneer.

"I heard that you didn't like alchemy when you were young, but you studied it so hard now that you're old?"

"I expelled Chu Danqing and avoided the disaster of Yue State. It was a wise move. But I failed to detect the conspiracy of Rui State, which made Rui State obtain the supernatural power cultivated by Yue State with the whole country's strength, and the national strength changed."

Yin Kuo spoke in all seriousness, and finally said solemnly: "If you still don't know yourself and the enemy, are you waiting for the destruction of your country?"

Gu Jingnian found it ridiculous and said, "Yong State has such national strength only because it accepts aliens. If it loses aliens and then loses mortals, and transfers the abilities of aliens to some mortals, other than satisfying the ambitions of a few people, I don't see how it can become stronger by doing so."

"You don't understand." Yin Kuo said, "Is the way to govern a country a simple matter of adding and subtracting?"

"So, my father came to you in order to refine the phoenix with you."

"Not with me, but he wants to refine the phoenix. You should know that not everyone is suitable for refining."

Gu Jingnian's face darkened, and he asked in a stern tone, "Where is Yingyao?"

"I have sent people to look for her, and I have received a report not long ago. There will be results soon." Yin Kuo said, "If you want to know, I will ask you to go and meet her when the time comes."

At this point, he felt that Gu Jingnian's murderous aura had not diminished at all, so he sighed and said, "I can promise you that I will not refine the phoenix anymore."

"is it?"

"From what I can tell from you, this is the blood exchange method." Yin Kuo pointed at the fire wings behind Gu Jingnian and said, "The blood exchange method may seem the simplest, but it actually relies on chance. If the blood is incompatible, then it is incompatible. Forcing it to be refined will only lead to sudden death. The reason why Gu Beiming is so determined to find the phoenix is because he thinks his son can do it, so he can try. But, I will never try it. As long as you serve me, I will protect you and the phoenix... You must know that not only Gu Beiming, but also Emperor Rui is eyeing you covetously. In this vast world, only I am willing to protect you."

Gu Jingnian said: "In that case, you broke your promise to my father, didn't you?"

"You are younger than him, and you will surely be stronger than him. You are more worthy of my promise."

As he spoke, Yin Kuo's eyes became more sincere, and he added: "More importantly, I studied alchemy not to make myself stronger, but to stop the Rui Kingdom."

He withdrew his hand, pointed at himself, and said, "If my life was not about to end, I would never have turned myself into a salamander. I have restrained myself from practicing alchemy for my entire life. Now that I am like this, it is not because I am afraid of death, but... I am worried."

The words "I'm worried" even moved Yin Kuo himself.

"The Rui Kingdom forbids alchemy on the surface, but actually relies on it to gain strength. Once I pass away and my descendants are unfilial, one day the Rui Emperor will unify Zhongzhou, and all things in Zhongzhou will be sacrificed to him. I will never tolerate this and will stop it at any cost!"

With these last words, Yin Kuo also vented the frustration in his heart, and he spoke in a stern voice.

Gu Jingnian had been listening to the sneer, and at this moment he was actually a little touched.

——We must stop Emperor Rui at all costs.

Yin Kuo's will seemed to echo somewhere.

"My child, I understand you. You are just like me when I was young. We both hate the greed of human nature and want to make Zhongzhou a peaceful and happy place."

Yin Kuodao saw that Gu Jingnian was touched, and said, "If you serve me, I can forgive what you did today."

"You want to beg me not to kill you, but you say you can forgive me?"

"That's right." Yin Kuo said, "Even if it's for Gu Beiming, I will forgive you, so you can rest assured."

Gu Jingnian's expression softened and he asked, "Who are you sending to find Ying Yao?"

"Qu Jizhi."

This time, Yin Kuo gave an answer.

Then he extended his hand, showing the tolerance of a king, and said, "Trust me."

Gu Jingnian seemed to be convinced. He lowered his fire wings and landed. He walked in front of Yin Kuo and let him pat his shoulder.

"Good, good boy." Yin Kuo smiled.

The next moment, the not-so-big flaming wings wrapped around him.

It was like Gu Jingnian gave him a gentle hug with his wings.

"what!"

Yin Kuo was in severe pain from the burns and screamed, trying to struggle out, but his body was already held tightly by Gu Jingnian.

He was not lying, he really did not have any supernatural powers and could only slap Gu Jingnian one by one.

But even though Gu Jingnian's mouth was bleeding, he was unable to break free.

"You... let me go, I can give you whatever you want..."

Gu Jingnian's eyes were calm as he said, "You think you are speaking sincerely, right? Perhaps you really thought so in the past, that you studied alchemy to know yourself and your enemy, and to stop evil thoughts. But look at this palace of yours, are you really doing that?"

"I……"

"I don't care what you do." Gu Jingnian said, "But you can't lie to me."

"what!"

"what!"

The screams continued, Yin Kuo's ear fell off, but the wound quickly shrank and no mucus oozed out.

Gu Jingnian's fire wings also illuminated the scene behind Yin Kuo. It was a place for refining. Countless corpses of salamanders were hung on racks, and various organs were placed in pools.

The body that Yin Kuo had cultivated at all costs was gradually shrinking under the wrapping of the fire wings until it became a charred corpse.

(End of this chapter)